#4AB8A0#4AB8A0

#4AB8A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.107 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AB8A0
RGB	rgb(74, 184, 160)
HSL	hsl(167, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 13%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -37.17, 2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 37.28, 175.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.1064 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.107 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3067, 38.2722, 39.2518)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AB8A0 #B84A62

analogous

#4AB869 #4AB8A0 #4A99B8

triadic

#4AB8A0 #A04AB8 #B8A04A

tetradic

#4AB8A0 #694AB8 #B84A62 #99B84A

square

#4AB8A0 #694AB8 #B84A62 #99B84A

split-complementary

#4AB8A0 #B84A99 #B8694A

monochromatic

#266154 #378D7B #4AB8A0 #76C9B7 #A2DACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4AB8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#4AB8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AB8A0

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AB8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AB8A0	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A1A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ab8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 184, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.107 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cebc',
    500: '#4ab8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ab8a0;
$custom-light: #87cebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ab8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.909,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7126,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AB8A0

secondary

#C796A1

accent

#5470D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AB8A0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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